BY PLANE
Ryanair fly to a number of airports in the Langeudoc region:
Béziers (20 minutes from Faugères Villa)
Carcassonne (1 hour Faugères Villa )
Montpellier (1 hour Faugères Villa)
Easyjet also fly to Montpellier – www.easyjet.com
BY TRAIN
It is possible to take a fast TGV train nearly all the way to Faugéres. First you take the Eurostar to Paris/Lille and then at Paris/Lille simply hop on another TGV train to Béziers. The journey time is approximately six hours. You can then pick up your rental car (see below) at Béziers train station.
The nearest train station is actually Bedarieux, although you cannot rent a car here. The train from Béziers to Bédarieux takes about 30 minutes and costs around 10 euros.
www.eurostar.com
www.raileurope.co.uk
CAR RENTAL
You really need a rental car when you are down here. Luckily, car rental locations from all the usual suspects can be found at all of the airports listed above and at Béziers train station.
www.carrentals.co.uk
www.avis.co.uk
www.europcar.co.uk
A rental car, for a week, works out at around £200-250 for a small family car.
BY CAR
Alternatively you can drive down yourself by taking either a ferry or the Channel Tunnel.
The French toll motorways (around 40 euros each way) are silky smooth and the route all the way through the centre of France is straight forward and it is great to see the scenery and the climate change as you go. The route also takes in the magnificent Millau Bridge, the tallest vehicular bridge in the world.
www.norfolkline.com
www.poferries.com